Janko Král’, (born April 24, 1822, Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, Austrian Empire [now in Slovakia]—died May 23, 1876, Zlaté Moravce) Slovak poet, jurist, and revolutionary whose ballads, epics, and lyrics are among the most original products of Slavic Romanticism. His work also contributed to the popularization of the new Slovak literary language. Král’s participation in a Slovak uprising during the 1848 revolution, for which he narrowly escaped execution by the Hungarians, made him a legendary figure in the memory of his countrymen. Among his verse collections are Pieseň bez mena (1844; “Song Without a Name”), Zverbovaný (1844; “Recruit”), Orol (1845; “The Eagle”), and Zajasal blesk jasnej zory (1861; “The Gleam of a Clear Dawn Approached”).

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